This final post will be a reflection on the time I have spent on the KIPP blogs as well as a feelings check going into the final dissertation.

The past two posts I submitted were compiled weeks after I had actually done the work.  While I believe working on the project has been important and fun, I found that posting my thoughts on this blog were stressful and counter productive.  The work I did individually and with JB helped to fully formulate my project and my thoughts, but I struggled with posting them on the blog because I don’t necessarily want other people to see the starting stages of my project written down in such a final way.  In the past when I have worked on projects similar to this, I have enjoyed talking with my peers about my project and learning from their ideas, thoughts, and comments.  But I found writing the ideas down on the computer and showing them to everyone in the program so permanent that it stressed me out more than helped me.  The only reason I had anything physical for my final three posts was because I had done the work on my own rather and discussed out loud with some of my peers rather than just attempting to do something half effort for this blog.

Going into the final dissertation, I am excited to get started on the project, but apprehensive about how long it will take.  I bit off a fair more than I can chew in terms of time spent on the project, however, I am excited to be able to try to do something more out of my comfort zone, but still within my reach of ability.  For the summer, one of my main goals is to be proactive in starting and working on my project as some of the work required will take a very long time and/or requires me to reach out to people in order to get the information I need. I am excited to start working!

Kate 🙂

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